Improvement in folding bed-lounges



G. C. PAINE. Fol'ding Bed-Lounges.

Patented May 12,1874.

INVENTOR 4 /5/24 new . tioned.

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GEORGE PAINE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Q IMPRQVEMENT IN FOLDING BED-LOUNGES.

Specification forming part of LettersPatent No. 150,706, dated May 12, 1'54; application filed October 1, 1873.

.described.

The object and nature of this invention are in the arrangement of the various parts in a manner to enable me to have the outside front of the lounge finished with wood, and thus be susceptible to a greater variety of styles of finish and ornament.

In the drawings accompanying this description, Figure 1 is a front view or elevation of my improved lounge, and also showing in dotted lines the manner of opening the arm of the v lounge, and also the position it' assumes when opened. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the front edge of the lounge, line a: 3 showing details of construction of the front of the lounge,

and the relation of the various parts to each other when the lounge is open, and also in dotted lines the same in a closed state. Fig. 3

shows a plan of the upper part or head of the lounge when opened, and showing the con"- struction and arrangement of the arm and supplementary head-rest, and their relation to each other, and also in dotted lines the position of the supplementary head-rest when closed. Fig. at shows a plan of the reverse side of the face or front piece of the arm, and also in dotted lines a longitudinal section of the same.

The frame of this lounge is constructed in a manner substantially as in the one cited, except in such ways as will be hereafter men- The arm A, Fig. 1, of this lounge is cut off at a point about half-way between the top and the point where it is secured to the frame of the lounge, as shown in dotted lines B, Fig; 1, and at the lower edge of the cut is hinged to the stationary part of the arm in movable part of the arm Ais rigidly secured a board, D, Fig. 1, which is shown in detail in Fig. 4. The board D extends beyond the length and width of the part to which it is attached n such a manner as to cover the entire face of the arm, including the joint or cut, and also the immovable or fixed part of the arm A. The lower end of the board D is rabbeted or halved, as shown in dotted lines at a, Fig. 4. Along the front edge of the seat-frame, near the top, is secured a strip, E, Fig. 1, at the lower edge of which is hinged a board, F, Fig. 1, which forms a finish for the front of the lounge when the lounge is closed, but which, from the manner of construction and attachment, as the lounge is opened, drops automatically out of the way, permitting the lounge to be opened, and not interfering with the in ternal or bed part of the lounge. The lower edge of the strip E is beveled, and the hinged edge of the board F is also beveled to fit the 'the lounge-seat, which would be the case if the board F and strip E went tmder the rail, and

also to obviate the necessity of removing any-- thing from the support in the center for the filling or stuffing of the mattress composing the bed part of the lounge, which would be the case if the rail G were cutout or set back to receive the board and strip. At the outside edge of the stationary part of the arm A I hinge a board or supplementary head-rest, H,

Fig. 3, which, when the lounge is opened, may also be opened, so that the lower outside edge will rest upon the outer head corner of the bed-frame I, Fig. 3. 7

It will be observed that the board H is hinged in such a manner that when it is opened the outer end is thrown toward the footof the lounge, thus permitting it to lap or rest upon the bed-frame, as described.

I also provide a metallic stop or catch, 1), which, secured at the head of the bed-frame, gives the board H additional support when open. The board H is folded in out of the way upon the part to which it is hinged when the lounge is to be closed, which position is shown in dotted lines H, Fig. 3.

Itwillbe seen,from the foregoing description, that when the lounge is in a position for ordinary use as a lounge, by depressing the top of the arm A, Fig. 1, the arm is raised or opened. By taking hold of the strip 0, Fig. 1, placed at the center and back edge of the seat, the seat is opened and permitted to fall in a horizontal position, with the seat to the floor. As the seat is opened in this manner the board F, Fig. l and Fig. 2, by its own gravity, falls out of the way, and assumes the position already described, and shown at Fig. 2. The legs attached to the back edge of the seat are then dropped in position to support the now outer edge of the seat or bed. The supplementary head-rest H is now opened and assumes the position already described. (Shown in Fig. 3.) In closing the bed, the head-rest H being first closed, as the seat is closed the board F, by its own gravity, falls to its proper place, as seen in Fig. 1, and as the arm is closed the rabbet or halved portion of the face-board D laps over the front board F and holds it in its place, which is the object of the rabbet or halving of the face-board D. If necessary, a

hook or catch may be placed at the opposite or lower end of the front board F, to holdthat end of the board, but in most cases this is not necessary. A catch may also be placed at the bottom or lower end of the face-board D, to prevent the arm from being opened, except when desired; but ordinarily this is not necessary. The arm Amay be hinged at any point above or below the points here shown, but I prefer the construction as here given.

In some lounges I do not use the front board F, but in all cases use the board D.

The board F may be hinged directly to the lounge-frame, or to small blocks about the width of the hinges, which should be secured to the lounge-frame, and thus obviating the use of the strip E, while the operation and action of the board F will remain as at present shown.

I claiml. The arm A, hinged in the manner shown, in combination with the face-piece D, and the supplementary head-rest H and bed-frame I, all arranged and operated in the manner substantially as and for the purpose shown and described.

2. The board F, in combination with the strip E, hinged to operate automatically, and in combination with the board D and beveled rail G, substantially in the manner and for the purposes shown.

GEO. C. PAINE.

Witnesses: v

GEO. E. BROWN, SAML. F. TnoMrsoN. 

